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FILE: Members from various SANDF units seen during a march through the streets of Sophiatown, Johannesburg on 9 November 2013. Picture: EWN.

Fatima isaacs

SANDF drops charges against female officer over hijab

By Shamiela Fisher

Major Fatima Isaacs, who works as a clinical forensic pathologist at the 2 Military Hospital in Wynberg, was charged with willful defiance and disobeying a...

  • FILE: Members from various SANDF units seen during a march through the streets of Sophiatown, Johannesburg on 9 November 2013. Picture: EWN.

    SANDF to consider allowing female Muslim members to wear headscarves

    The issue came to light after Major Fatima Isaacs was slapped with disciplinary action for refusing to remove her hijab.

    1074 days ago
  • Mandla Mandela and his wife Nosekeni Rabia Mandela are seen at the memorial service for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at Orlando Stadium. Picture: Ihsaan Haffejee/EWN.

    Mandla Mandela calls on defence minister to stop headscarf 'witch hunt'

    'It is inconceivable that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) would deny an employee the right to pursue her religious freedom to wear a headscarf.'

    1095 days ago
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